(56) stories found containing 'peregrine diamonds'

Canada is the world's top destination for mining exploration spending, attracting more than 14 percent of global budgeted expenditures from explorers seeking to tap the country's vast mineral wealth.... — Updated 3/1/2019Full story

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. July 19 announced that De Beers Canada Inc. has agreed to buy the exploration company in a cash deal worth roughly C$107 million. Under the terms of the agreement, De Beers... — Updated 7/27/2018Full story

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. May 23 published an updated preliminary economic assessment at Chidliak that shows a substantial increase in the diamonds recovered and financial returns from an initial... — Updated 6/8/2018

Nunavut is a vast and minerals-rich swath of the Earth's crust and Nunavummiut, or the people who live there, see mining as the foundation of the territory's future. "The mining industry brings... — Updated 1/24/2018Full story

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. continues to focus on the exploration and potential development of its Chidliak diamond project located roughly 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. The company has identified 71 kimberlites on... — Updated 1/24/2018

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. March 6 reported that a recently completed internal study indicates that development of adding underground mining to the proposed development of an open-pit mine at the company's CH-6 kimberlite pipe may enhance the... — Updated 1/18/2018

Endowed with some of the largest undeveloped mineral belts in the world, investment in public geoscience has shown the potential of Nunavut. The 2 million square kilometers (772,000 square miles) of... — Updated 2/3/2018Full story

Nunavut seems to be ahead of the curve when it comes to recovering from the global downturn in mineral exploration spending. An estimated C$202.5 million was invested in unlocking this Canadian... — Updated 2/3/2018Full story

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. continues to focus on the exploration and potential development of its Chidliak diamond project located roughly 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. Since 2008, 71 kimberlites have been... — Updated 2/3/2018Full story

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. April 7 reported that the 2015 exploration program at its Chidliak diamond project in Nunavut has significantly increased the mineral resource for the CH-6 kimberlite pipe. The upper 260 meters of CH-6 now contains 4.64 milli... — Updated 4/17/2016

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. March 8 reported that a 735.75 carat parcel of commercial-size diamonds recovered from five geological units of the CH-7 kimberlite pipe at its Chidliak project in Nunavut... — Updated 3/13/2016

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Jan. 12 reported that an 814-metric-ton bulk sample from the CH-7 kimberlite pipe at the Chidliak diamond project in Nunavut returned an overall grade of 0.88 carats of diamonds per metric ton. A total of 717.65 carats of... — Updated 1/17/2016

Thanks largely to its burgeoning mining sector, Nunavut is leading the Canadian territories in economic growth. With the start-up of the Mary River iron mine late in 2014, Nunavut now has two... — Updated 11/1/2015

The Honorable Leona Aglukkaq, minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, and member of Parliament for Nunavut July 30 announced the federal funding for the Iqaluit Marine... — Updated 8/9/2015Full story

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. said its 2015 field work is focused on continued expansion of the diamond resource at its Chidliak project, located 120 kilometers northeast of Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut. A... — Updated 7/26/2015Full story

Mineral exploration activity is holding its own in Nunavut this year, despite a tough funding environment and stiff competition from other attractive mining jurisdictions around the world. Although the Far North territory has only one operating... — Updated 11/2/2014

Mineral exploration activity held its own in Nunavut in 2013, despite a tough funding environment and stiff competition from other attractive mining jurisdictions around the world. Of the mineral projects edging closer to development in the... — Updated 6/29/2014

Kivalliq, located northwest of Hudson Bay and sharing a border with the Northwest Territories and Manitoba, is the heart of Nunavut's gold country. This central region of the territory is also the home of Nunavut's sole operating mine, Meadowbank.... — Updated 5/25/2014Full story

In the wake of the departure of its former option partner, De Beers Canada Inc., Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. has reported discovery during the 2013 summer exploration program of three new kimberlite bodies at the Chidliak diamond project located 120... — Updated 11/24/2013Full story